spired
Americanadjective
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One side is bordered by spired red sandstone peaks and juniper trees, and there’s a cluster of family homes on the other side.
From Slate • Jan. 29, 2021
Where I live, every day, on the frontlines of this digital revolution, there is every reason to feel in spired.
From The Guardian • Apr. 23, 2017
For years, Rabbi White occupied an office on the first floor of Georgetown’s imposing and spired Healy Hall.
From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2015
Burgos, in Castile-León, is home to a spired Gothic cathedral that is a Unesco World Heritage site.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2013
I wandered within the spired cities and domed pumping stations of Barsoom, and along the verdant banks of the Nilosyrtis and Nepenthes canals.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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